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Then, have students watch this 5-minute-long video to further familiarize them with what the women’s suffrage movement was. The video explores the meaning of the term suffrage, and the women, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, who were early leaders in the movement to secure women’s right to vote. You can project the video on the board or use it on tablets for individual or group viewing.  Students can also read the script and use it to take notes.

After watching the video, or instead of, students can delve further into the topic by reading our exclusive Geography News Network article on women’s suffrage.  The article focuses on the lead-up to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Students will have further information about the suffrage movement’s founders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, as well as on other women’s groups that were formed to promote women’s rights. The article reminds students that although the Nineteenth Amendment provided voting rights to women, it only pertained to white women. It wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that Black women were assured their voting rights.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote. This was the goal of the women’s suffrage movement. To include a complete lesson on the topic in your curriculum, look no further than this Lesson Map. It answers these essential questions: What is women’s suffrage? What grievances did women have? Who was Ida B. Wells? Why were parades important in the suffrage movement? Who opposed suffrage and why? And, use the accompanying teacher edition for numerous suggestions to engage students of all levels for each subhead.

In 2020, the Nineteenth Amendment marked one hundred years since its passing. This article explores voting rights around the world, the modern influence of women voters, and why women’s suffrage was opposed. This article is an excellent accompaniment to extend the Lesson Map above, or, if you are short on time, you can use this article instead.

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